NBER Workshop of Digital Economics

Avi Goldfarb, Catherine Tucker, and Pinar Yildirim, Organizers

March 3, 2023

Format: 20 minutes for the authors, 10 minutes for the discussants, 10 minutes for general Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, March 2
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Hickory/Hawthorne Rooms
Friday, March 3
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast - Ballroom
Session 1
8:30 am
Guy Aridor, Northwestern University
Duarte Gonçalves, University College London
Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Ruoyan Kong, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Daniel Kluver, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

The Economics of Recommender Systems: Evidence from a Field Experiment on MovieLens
Discussant: Hal R. Varian, Google
9:10 am
George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Columbia University
Rafael Jimenez, Bocconi University
Jesse McCrosky, Mozilla Foundation
Mateusz Stalinski, University of Warwick

Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Discussant: Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University
9:50 am
Break
Session 2
10:20 am
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Gi Heung Kim, University of Pennsylvania

Coordinated vs Efficient Prices: The Impact of Algorithmic Pricing on Multifamily Rental Markets
Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
11:00 am
Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia
Dennis Svartbäck, Priceff Ltd
Anders G. Ekholm, University of Helsinki

Dynamic Pricing and Demand Volatility: Evidence from Restaurant Food Delivery
Discussant: Kwabena B. Donkor, Stanford University
11:40 am
Lunch
Session 3
1:00 pm
Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Emil Palikot, Stanford University

Effective and Scalable Approaches to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions for Women in Technology
Discussant: Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University
1:40 pm
Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University, Visiting Professor Yale School of Management
Grant Goehring, Boston University

Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures
Discussant: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
Session 4
2:40 pm
Hanna Halaburda, New York University
Daniel Obermeier, New York University

Limits to Orchestration in Decentralized Platforms: Exploring the Effect of Ethereum’s Transaction Verification Mechanism on dApp Heterogeneity
Discussant: Xiang Hui, Washington University in St. Louis
3:20 pm
Xiaoxia Lei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yixing Chen, Notre Dame University
Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University

The Value of External Data for Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Search Suggestions
Discussant: Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn